Skirt-gage.



No. 793,@96. PATENTED JULY L? 1905. l?. M. DE LEUK,

SKIRT GAGE APPLIUATXON FILED OUT. 3. 19011.

lttto. 793,996,

Unite Startet Patented July' 4t, ltQ.

PATENT titte..

LLEMIHTNGE f SPECIFCATIN it'ormng part of Letters Patent No. 793,996,dated July llt, ltQ. Application tiled October 8,1904. Serial No.227,669.

le it known that l, l `izaNens Mosn De lucen, a eitizen ol the UnitedStates, and a resident ot' the eity oil' New Yorlt, borough o'tlt'l'anhattan7 in the eounty and rstate otNew `York, hare inventeal a`new and lniproved ttlltirttiage, ot.I whieh the tollowing is a tull.elear, and exaet deseription. i

This invention relates to dresslnaling. and eeneerns itsel't espeeiallywith the eonstruetion ol a skirt-gage, which is to 'l'aeilitate thetitting ot the skirt with respeet to its length.

The objeet ot the ii-n'ention is to prmluee a gage which will not onlyenable the skirt to he lnarlcetl at the desired point at which the loweredge should be turned up, but also to provide an arrangement whereby theaeeuraey et the nieasln'einent is inueh enhaneeifl.

The invention consists in the eonstruetion and eolnhination ol Yparts tobe inore 'fully deserihed hereinafter, and detinitely set, `tort'h inthe elaiins.

l'telierenee is to be had to the. aeeoinp.ui \j ing drawings, `lorniinga, part; ol' this speeit lation, in whieh siinilar Charm-,ters otrel'er" enee indieate eorresponding parts in all the ignres.

Figure l is a perspeetiye View olt the gage. Fig. is a` diagrannnatieView ot a shirt and illustrating the nianner in whieh the gage is used.Fig. El is i, plan showing the manner o't using the gage tor marking theshirt at ditl'erent points near its lower edge, and Fig. -l in z, planrepresenting a portion ot the deyiee as broken away and illustrating itsain'ilieation in marking the skirt at the rear,

ltelerring niore particularly to the parts, l represents a` base-plate.which is ot elon gated torni, as shown. To this plate is at1- taehed agage har or stall 2, whieh projects upwardly there'l'roin, as indieated.'.l`his g.age,stat'li preterably consists o'li :1` lat har. providedwill] a plurality ot openings il, disA posed in pairs` as shown. Abovethe baseplate. l there is provided a nuirlcingplate 14|-, to the upperVtaee whereo'lE there is altaehed a sleeve 5, whieh slips over thegage-statiA and whieh is in aliiienient with an openingl in thegagwplate l, through which the stally passes. as will hereadilyunderstood. .lit :t suitable point the body ol the sleeve, 5 isprovidedV with a pafir o'l oppositely-disposed openings T, which areadapted to aline, re speetirely. with any pair o'lE the openings 2l inthe stati". l `ro|n this arrangeinent the inarltiug-plate lr nlay hetixed at any desired height; by ineans olf a locking-pin S. having`snhstantially the torni ol a staple, as shown` the saine iriassiugthrough the sleeve 5 and the stall', as will be readily understood.

To return again to a further deseription ot the base.plate l, it shouldbe stated that its inner edge El is preferably ot suliistantially thetorni shown. rl`his torni is sneh as to present a lobe l0. the edge\\hereo'l projects, as shown. rl`his lobe is substantially een trallydisposed with respeet to the gaggje-statt 2, and at eaeh side ol. thelobe the. edge ot the base-plate is tornied with iiulentations orreeesses l1, whieh are syunnietrieally plaeed with respeet to the lobel() and with respeet to a longitudinal axis o't the plate passingthrough the stall' 2.

ln praetiee the device would be used alt'er the upper port-ion ol' theskirt had been litted and substantially linished. 'lhe nianner ot usingthe deviee is nlost elearly illustrated in ltigs. 2 and 2S. ll'hen it isdesired to niark the shirt'I at the side, the wonian being litted wouldstand ereet and the base-plate 1 would be set upon the loor at her side.rthe gage would he nioved inwardly until the edge o'll the lobeVltlrested against the side olf the toot as shown in l'ull lilies inFig. ltthen the gage is arranged in this manner, the outer edge 'l2 o'lthe niarlting-plate `lY Vwould lie ad- Iiat-ent to the inner side ollthe lower portion ol the skirt .13, hanging naturally in position`asshown in Fig. 'llhe nmrking-phne lharing been adjustedV as to height.`the outer side ot the skirt Ywould be inarhed at the edge Vl2 by nieansot' a pieee ol' tailor`s chalk or soapstinie. lVhere it is desired toniark the slirtv at the trout, the gage would be niored around so as tooeeupy substantially the V|viosition in whieh it shown in dotted linesin Fig. B. at whieh time the recesses ll in the edge 9 would be appliedto the toes of the shoes. In this manner the marking edge l2 of thelnatrkingsplate el would he maintained at a distance from the hody,insuring aeeuraey in marking the skirt. The gage attords means formarking the skirt aeeurately at the hack hy applying the gage with theedge t.) at the heels et the shoes. the lobe 10 resting' against' theheels placed together1 as in Fig. l. ln this manner eyidently the loweredge ol: the skirt may he marked aeeurately at all net-essary points.ily reason ot the eharaeter ot the edge 9 the art-uraey ot the mz'irkingis assured. lt is of eourse Vunderstood that the amount by which thelohe l() projects beyond the depth o'l the recesses llA eompensates forthe increased distanee 'trom the skirt to the. foot at the side. linother words. the ilform of the edge S) is eompleinentary with respeet tothe feet. so that the marking edge maintains itself at a substantiallyunitorm distance 'from the renter ot the body. Yln practiee it the skirtis required to have a dip at'. any partitailar point a markingplate olfthe required shape is suhstituted in plaee of the one ordinarily usedtor short skirts.

The marking` edge l2 oit the plate l is of just sullieient curvature togive a straight edge to the hottoln ot the skirt. ln practice thismarking' edge is Formed with a radius olI ahout twenty inches. The endsol? the marking-plate are prelerahly eut on an ineline, as shown at lil.

rllhe operation of lit't'ing a skirt as to length without a gage is atedious one`r and eyen where gages ha \'e heen used hereto'liore theireonstruetiou has been sueli as to make it', neeessary to turn the edgeof the skirt up ahoye the surliaee ot the upper plate ot the gage.

i l l The gage deserili ed alioye is emisidered espeeially use/ful hyreason oi? the taetthat. it enables a skirt to he marked immediately z tthe desired point and dispenses with the necessity Jtor the use of pins,as the skirt may be readily turned up to the proper point atter heingtaken oli". ln order to laeilitate the marking operation, ther markingedge l2 is pre'lierahly beveled. as shown most clearly in Fig. '2.

'llhe arrangement t'or bringing ahout the proper placing ot thegage-plate before marking the skirtl is considered highly advantageous.heeause it mueh enhances the aeeuraey oll the operation, as will bereadily understood.

l'laying elaim as new and desire Patentl1. lu a skirt-gage. incombination. a haseplater` a sta tlVA earried thereby` and a plateearried hy said stall"` the inner edge ot said baseA plate haring aprojeeting portion adapted to he. applied to the side ol one`s toot anda reeeding portion adapted to lie applied to the toe of one`s foot.

2. ln a skirt-gage. in Combination, a haseplate. a statlf projectingupwardly therefrom. a marking-plate, and means tor locking saidmarking-plate to said stati' in a plurality of positions` the inner edgeet said liaise-plate presenting a projecting edge substantiallycentrally disposed with respectV to said sta tt and recesses heyond saidpro i,eeting edge.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this spetltilieation inthe presence of two suhserihing witnes es.

FRANCES Moi'sr. DE

lllitnesses:

J. llhuxrm: ll'lxr'rs. Manni Moise HYMnN.

thus` deseribed my invention, Yl to seem-e, hy Letters LEON.

